Official UK procurement notice
Contract for the provision of Home Office and Asylum Interviews
Authority: Secretary of State for the Home Department (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionFollowing the completion of an Open Procurement Procedure under the Public Contract Regulations 2015, the Home Office is awarding a contract for the delivery of Asylum Interview booths at various facilities across the UK.
CPV: Commercial property management services · General personnel services for the government
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Following the completion of an Open Procurement Process, the Home Office is awarding a…AwardedRenewalPublished value£3,500,000
Following the completion of an Open Procurement Process, the Home Office is awarding a contract for the provision of suitable Interview locations to be attended by Asylum Seekers across the UK. The scope of the contract will also include the provision of the required technology provision and staffing support to enable asylum applicants to be interviewed virtually at all locations.
A three year contract term will commence on 7th August 2024, concluding on 6th August 2027. There is a further option to extend the contract by 12 months at the discretion of the Contracting Authority.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (5)
- Operational Responses: 35%
- Implementation Responses: 15%
- Legal and Commercial Responses: 10%
- Price: 30%
- Social Value Responses: 10%
Published award criteria (6)
- Legal and Commercial Responses: 10
- Social Value Responses: 10
- Operational Responses: 35
- Implementation Responses: 15
- Price: 30
- Price: 70% Quality 30% Price
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 27 Feb 2024, 18:04 GMT
- Last source update
- 4 Sept 2024, 15:54 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 24 Apr 2024 – …
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-028307- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-043d50Find a Tender
Publisher note: The Home Office uses an eSourcing toolkit to enable its sourcing activities to be conducted over the internet. In order to express an interest, please follow the steps set out below. The procurement will be managed electronically using the Jaggaer eSourcing Portal. The eSourcing Portal is an online application that allows suppliers to create and submit their Tender responses to any requests for information, requests for quotes, or requests for proposals via the internet rather than in paper form. To participate in this procurement, participants must first be registered on the eSourcing Suite. If you have not yet registered this can be done online at https://homeoffice.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html by following the link to Register. All suppliers interested in learning more about any potential contract opportunities described in this contract notice should submit their details (company name, lead contact name, lead contact email address and telephone number), including the reference you are interested in bidding for, in the first instance, to the following address: [email protected]. The Authority requires all participants to sign a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) in order to be invited to participate in the competition for this project. Arrangements will then be made for registered suppliers to receive the NDA via email from the above mentioned email address. Suppliers must then provide a signed non-disclosure agreement via email to receive access to the Home Office and Asylum Interviews Procurement Documents and ITT event on the eSourcing Portal. Any expressions of interest not submitted in the required format (or containing the requested information) may be rejected. When sending the 'pdf' document, please ensure that you include the participant organisation's name in the filename. Once a correctly signed NDA is received by the Authority, participants will be invited to the Invitation to Tender (ITT) event and will be able to access all of the project documentation. The closing date for submissions will be 4pm on Friday 31 May 2024. ITT Response clarification requests must be submitted no later than 3pm on Friday 24 May 2024. The Authority reserve the right to delay or adjust our timetables or such other aspects of the procurement as we consider appropriate and will notify all bidders of any changes as and when these are required.
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://homeoffice.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html ↗
- Submission deadline
- 31 May 2024, 16:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 24 Apr 2024, 10:00 BST
Timeline
24 Apr 2024 → 31 Mar 2025 · 5 dates- Bids opened24 Apr 2024, 10:00 BST
- Submission deadline31 May 2024, 16:00 BST
- Next notice expected12 Jul 2024, 00:00 BST
- Notice published4 Sept 2024, 15:54 BST
- Bids must remain valid until31 Mar 2025, 23:59 BST
Notice history
6 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 24 Apr 2024- Published value updated to £3,500,00024 Apr 2024, 09:02 BSTwas £2,000,000
- Status changed to active24 Apr 2024, 09:02 BST
- Procurement method changed24 Apr 2024, 09:02 BST
- Deadline published: 31 May 2024, 16:00 BST24 Apr 2024, 09:02 BST
- Buyer details updated24 Apr 2024, 09:02 BST
- Status changed to complete4 Sept 2024, 15:54 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| VF Services (UK) LimitedSME | £5,026,005 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 028307-2024-contract_6913-1 · VF Services (UK) LimitedSME
- Signed
- 7 Aug 2024
- Value
- £5,026,005
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeDispute resolution & review bodies
- N/AReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- VF Services (UK) LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria